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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt — 388 episodes
387: Trump’s Clown Convention with Zach Dembo
386: Data Centers & Corruption with Bale Dalton & Jimmy Bierman
385: The Law and The Sea with Pam Karlan & Elaine Luria
384: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired with Brian Poindexter & John Vincent
383: The Cavalry Is Coming With Rebecca Cooke & Paul Rivera
382: An Empire Running on Empty with Sarah Trone Garriott & David Wessel
381: Not a Time For A Vanity Vote with Denise Powell
380: Winning In The Swing States with Janelle Stelson
379: Pound The Facts, Pound The Law, Pound the Table With Cait Conley
378: Populism & Swing Elections with Ron Brownstein & Rebecca Bennett
377: America At 250 with Joseph Ellis & Rep. Josh Turek
376: Schisms With Jim Gerstein
375: Battles Abroad & Battles At Home with David Sanger & Devlin Barrett
374: The Death Of The Justice Department with Judge Michael Luttig
373: From D-Day To The Strait Of Hormuz with Max Boot & Nick Mueller
372: Texas & Beyond with Mayor Chaz Molder
371: Trump's Slush Fund with Fred Wertheimer
370: RETRO Episode: Interview with Barney Frank from 2021
369: Trump Goes To China with Evan Osnos and Paul & Stefanie Taylor
368: Oorah! with JoAnna Mendoza
367: A King, A Pope & A Trump With Ed Luce & Jim Gerstein
366: Too Much Winning In 2026 with Dr. Amy Acton, David Pepper, & Bobby Pulido
365: Mad Men with Dr. Trita Parsi
364: Winning Is Everything, Stupid With Gov. Steve Bullock
363: It’s A Points Game With Christine Brennan
362: Teleport Us To The Waffle House With G. Elliot Morris
361: Home & Away with Richard Haass & Mayor Paige Cognetti
360: Winning Hearts & Minds with Stephen A. Smith & Dr. Trita Parsi
359: WAR, What Is It Good For? with Max Boot
358: A Tale Of Three Andrews
357: Pound The Table With Catherine Rampell & Dr. Annie Andrews
356: The Rising Star of Texas Politics: James Talarico
355: Stop The Steal with Michael Waldman
354: How Trump Is Weaponizing The Law with Abbe Lowell
353: The Political Landscape Ahead of the Midterms With Rep. Jason Crow
352: Trump Is Sabotaging America with Ruth Ben-Ghiat
351: MN v. ICE & Seahawks v. Patriots / with MN AG Keith Ellison & Greg Cosell
350: Electability in American Politics with Mitch Landrieu
349: How Young Voters Are Reacting to Trump's ICE Raids
348: What The Pollsters Think
347: Make Greenland Danish Again With Annegrethe Rasmussen
346: Imperial Trump With Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
345: Trump Flips The Bird With Franklin Foer
344: Storm At The Capitol With Mary Clare Jalonick
343: Happy New Year 2026 From The Gang
342: Happy Holidays with Judy Woodruff & Mary Matalin
341: Trump Derangement Syndrome
340: Winning Back The Youth Vote with John Della Volpe
339: Blood In The Water With Rep. Jason Crow
338: Shocking Incompetence of the Trump Administration with Tom Edsall
337: The History Of The Epstein Files With Sidney Blumenthal
336: Duty, Honor, Country with Brigadier General Ty Seidule (Ret.)
335: Finally, Dems In Array with Jim Gerstein
334: Art Heists & Drug Wars with Max Boot and Yves Istel
333: Gaudy and Banal with Paul Goldberger
332: The Race Is On In VA & NJ with David Wildstein & Larry Sabato
331: Shutdown Shame with Rep. Brendan Boyle
330: Trump & Hegseth Blew It with Leon Panetta
329: Fascism Vs. Democracy with Mitch Landrieu & Benjamin Hett
328: Crime & Punishment with David Kennedy & David Harris
327: The World’s Worst Bet with David J. Lynch
326: The Ides of September with Ron Brownstein
325: Hoist The Jolly Roger with Rahm Emanuel & Rob Sand
324: Defeating Putin & Winning At Home
323: War & Crime with Craig Symonds
322: Trump’s Plunging Polls with Professor Alexander Theodoridis
321: The Epstein Conspiracy with Judd Legum
320: A Real Alternative with Governor Wes Moore
319: Who Is The Worst
318: A World In The Shadows with Shane Harris
317: How Democrats Lost America with Josh Dawsey
316: It’s July 2nd, Stupid
315: How To be An Opposition with Senator Chris Murphy
314: Middle East Redux with Professor Vali Nasr
313: Z-Big with Ed Luce
312: The Haves & The Have-Yachts with Evan Osnos
311: Deadly, Dangerous, Decline with Larry Summers
310: It’s The Keystone State For A Reason with Rep. Brendan Boyle
309: Politics NOT As Usual with Senator Angus King
308: Time For A Democratic Schism with Rep. Ro Khanna
307: 100 Days Of Trump with Ryan Lizza
306: Nip It In The Bud with Governor Andy Beshear
305: Tariff Turmoil with Roger Altman
304: Are We Still The Leader Of The Free World? with Admiral James Stavridis
303: The Comeback Begins with MI State Senator Mallory McMorrow
302: Attack Attack, Deny Deny, Lie Lie with Rep. Ritchie Torres
301: The True Voice Of America with Professor Geoffrey Cowan
300: Nattering Nabobs Of Negativism With Elisabeth Bumiller
299: Why Can’t We Have Nice Things? with Marc Dunkelman
298: A (Worse) New World Order With Ed Luce
297: It’s Not Going To Play In Peoria with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
296: The Cavalry Isn’t Coming With Senator Slotkin
295: The Billionaires Bowl With Greg Cosell
294: Money, Lies, & God with Katherine Stewart
293: Trump Is Flooding The Zone
292: The Future Of Democratic Messaging with Brian Tyler Cohen
291: Remembering A President with James Fallows
290: The War Room Council Convenes
289: Happy Holidays with Judy Woodruff & Mary Matalin
288: Trump’s War On The Press with Michael Gartner
287: The American People Deserve A Raise with Rep. Ro Khanna
286: American Authoritarianism with Professor Steven Levitsky
285: Happy Thanksgiving
284: The Dems Are Dazed and Confused with Ambassador Frank Wisner
283: We're Going To Need A Whole New Media with Michael Tomasky
282: The Post-Election Plan
281: Live in Boston with Doris Kearns Goodwin
280: What The Polls Tell Us with Jim Gerstein & Dr. Whit Ayers
279: McConnell and Michigan with Michael Tackett & Melissa Burke
278: Fascism & The Fight For NC with Dr. Michael Bitzer & Max Boot
277: Battle For The Silver State with Jon Ralston
276: Putting It All On The Line with Ben Wikler And Martina Navratilova
275: Pennsylvania & The Fools On The Hill With Gov. Josh Shapiro & Dana Milbank
274: Live at 92NY
273: From Mississippi to the Battleground States with Michael Podhorzer & Wright Thompson
272: Trump Gets Trumped
271: The Electoral Landscape Past & Present with Dr. Whit Ayres & Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky
270: The Post-Biden World with David Ignatius
269: Why Harris Will Win with Mitch Landrieu | DNC Day 4
268: DNC Day 3 - The Battle for North Carolina with Gov. Cooper
267: DNC Day 3 - What The Pollsters Really Think
266: How To Win With Nancy Pelosi - DNC Day 2
265: DNC Day 2 - Justin Pearson & Don Scott
264: DNC Day 1 - Senate Insights with JB Poersch
263: DNC Day 1 - Four Party Chairs
262: Communication Breakdown
261: Winning In Sport & Politics with Dr. Edwin Moses
260: Kamala & The Youth Vote with John Della Volpe
259: They Got Hit In The Mouth with Jim Gerstein
258: Fire The Cannon with Pam Karlan
257: Thank You George Clooney
256: The Next President with Ron Brownstein
255: As Goes The Election, So Goes The World with Jim Steinberg
254: Debate Prep with Bob Shrum
253: The Fall Of Roe with Lisa Lerer
252: How To Win An Information War with Peter Pomerantsev
251: Oxbridge Sentences with Ed Luce
250: Around The World with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
249: The Lost Cause with Heather Cox Richardson
248: God & Country with Katherine Stewart
247: Campus Chaos with Professor Emeritus Mark Yudof
246: War & Peace with General John Allen
245: Convicting Trump & Finding The Center with Fred Wertheimer & Billy Ray
244: Supreme Allied Commander for The War On Women - Senator Tina Smith
243: The Court & The Constitution with Justice Stephen Breyer
242: March Madness with John Feinstein
241: Pestilence and War with Admiral James Stavridis and Dr. Cornelia Griggs
240: Rural Rage with Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman
239: Biden’s Last Campaign with Evan Osnos
238: Greedflation with Senator Bob Casey
237: Putin, Trump & Lincoln with Sidney Blumenthal
236: Catching A Supreme Court Case with Professor Pam Karlan
235: The New York Times with Adam Nagourney
234: From The Civil War To The Middle East w/ Professor Sean Wilentz and Indira Lakshmanan
233: Democratic Rebels with Joshua Green
232: After Iowa
231: Iowa Caucus Kickoff with Jill Abramson
230: Polling Prognostication with Fred Yang & Jim Gerstein
229: And A Happy New Year
228: We Wish You A Merry Christmas
227: The State of the Nation
226: Religion & Speech with Professor Marci Hamilton
225: Evangelicals and Extremism with Tim Alberta
224: The Day The President Was Shot
223: Generational Victory with John Della Volpe
222: The Return of the Religious Right with Thomas Edsall
221: Bibi’s Face with Indira Lakshmanan
220: Strategy of War with Admiral Stavridis and Ehud Barak
219: Israeli Intrigue w/ Alon Pinkus & Congressional Chaos w/ Carl Hulse
218: Israel with Jim Gerstein and Brigadier General Ty Seidule
217: Beating Boebert with Adam Frisch & Identity Politics with Yascha Mounk
216: The Shutdown with Rep. Brendan Boyle
215: 2024 Election Prospects with Elaine Kamarck & Susan Swecker
214: The Fight For Our Kids with Senator Chris Murphy
213: Biden’s White House with Frank Foer & The Extremist Threat with Kathleen Belew
212: The State of The Economy with Roger Altman
211: The Media with Sarah Ellison
210: Trump’s Indictment & American History
209: Dropping A Bombs & F Bombs
208: It's The Economy, Stupid w/ Professor Laura Tyson
207: Building A Democratic Majority with Simon Rosenberg
206: Running Things with OMB Director Shalanda Young
205: Al Gore: Climate Crisis
204: Chris Christie
203: RUSSIA
202: #StillWinning w/ Ron Brownstein
201: Espionage w/ Fmr SecDef Bill Cohen
200: Ro Khanna
199: The 4 F’s with Paul Begala (there’s actually 5)
198: Artificial Intelligence w/ MIT Prof. John Guttag
197: The World In Review w/ Ed Luce
196: Law & Sports w/ Aitan Goelman & Luke Russert
195: Gov. Josh Shapiro
194: Tucker's gone, now what? with Sarah Ellison
193: The Business End of a Mop
192: Political Violence w/ Thomas Edsall & Michael Fanone
191: Trump Arraigned
190: Rep. Dan Goldman & John Feinstein
189: WisDems with Ben Wikler
188: The Two Franks
187: From The Middle East To Middle America
186: Gov. Wes Moore
185: Trump’s Malfeasance with Marcy Wheeler & Morgan Cloud
184: Rep. Colin Allred
183: The Big Battles with Greg Cosell & Brandon Presley
182: Policing with David Harris
181: Admiral James Stavridis
180: A Tale Of Two Documents with Andrew Weissmann
179: Coming Challenges with Professor Julian Zelizer
178: Speaker Madness with Carl Hulse
177: Ringing In The New Year
176: Mary & Judy
175: Butt Plugs & Dildos
174: After Georgia with Michael McDonald
173: Glob of Protoplasm
172: Dark Money
171: Ro Khanna & Tyler Bridges
170: Election Aftermath with Robert Draper
169: Midterms By The Numbers with Stanley Greenberg
168: PA & UK with Ed Luce and Jonathan Tamari
167: From Georgia to Iran with David Ignatius & Stephen Fowler
166: The Battle for Arizona with Yvonne Wignett Sanchez
165: Michael Kofman & Howard Wilkinson
164: Nevada Midterms with Jon Ralston
163: Introducing: It Was Said Season 2
162: Tar Heel Politics with Michael Bitzer
161: The State of Wisconsin with Ben Wikler
160: Michigan Midterms with Bill Ballenger
159: A history lesson with Stephen Kotkin
158: Richard Ben Veniste & Mark Leibovich
157: Sean Wilentz
156: Will Bunch: After The Ivory Tower Falls
155: David Maraniss: Path Lit By Lightning
154: Rico with Law Prof. Morgan Cloud
153: Lis Smith: Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story
152: Foreign Affairs with Ed Luce & Michael Abramowitz
151: Revisionist History: The Triplicate Program and Opioid Epidemic
150: Tim Miller: Why We Did It
149: The State of the Supreme Court with Linda Greenhouse
148: Ryan Grim from The Intercept
147: Rep. Ro Khanna
146: The Betrayal: How Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans Abandoned America with Ira Shapiro
145: To Risk It All with Admiral James Stavridis
144: It's The Economy Stupid with Roger Altman
143: This Will Not Pass with Jonathan Martin & Alexander Burns
141: Debugger - Defending democracy from big tech
142: Fmr. SecDef Bill Cohen
140: Jeff Nussbaum
139: Will Be Wild
138: Sen. Mallory McMorrow
137: War & Peace w/ General John Allen
136: Border Breakdown w/ Amna Nawaz
135: Just Smell It & Go On w/ David Pepper
134: From Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: Six Levels Down
133: Dr Fiona Hill on Russia & Jon Macks on The Oscars
132: Just back from Ukraine with Nick Schifrin
131: Is Russia a real country with Peter Pomeranzev
130: Ron Brownstein
129: 180º Addict
128: Ukraine with Anne Applebaum
127: Senator Bill Bradley
126: Super Bowl Special
125: SCOTUS With Walter Dellinger
124: Ukraine with David Sanger
123: Sherrilyn Ifill & Michael Waldman
122: Molly Jong-Fast
121: 1/6 with Rep. Jamie Raskin
120: Happy New Year With Friends
119: RETRO: In memory of Harry Reid
118: Holiday Spirit
117: Omicron Is Here
116: PHD In White-Trashology
115: Remembering Pearl Harbor with Craig Symonds
114: John Feinstein
113: Rep. Dan Crenshaw “Jellybeans in a turd”
112: Danny Meyer
111: Senator Angus King
110: Rep. Liz Cheney
109: Rt Hon. Tony Blair
108: Paul Begala
107: Dems working it out ?
106: Barney Frank
105: Emily Bazelon & David Wessel
104: Prof. Joseph Ellis
103: WORTH: Ken Feinberg & Camille Biros
102: Election Experts - Kristen Soltis Anderson & Amy Walter
101: Afghanistan with Ed Luce & Vali Nasr
100: EPISODE 100 !!!! - Professor Craig Symonds
99: DeSantis Is A Giant Asshole also Donald McNeil discusses COVID
98: Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré (Ret.)
97: Professor Randall Kennedy
96: Fmr. US Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman
95: Michael C Bender
94: Admiral James Stavridis, Fmr Supreme Nato Commander
93: Mayor Phillip Levine
92: Penis talk, Brett Kavanagh with Jackie Calmes and Tucker Carlson with Ben Smith
91: Andy Slavitt and Bill Leonard
90: Coach Pete Carroll & Audrey Cavenecia
89: Alex Gibney: Crime Of The Century
88: Fmr. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
87: Sphincter Hall of Fame
86: David Leonhardt
85: Michael Waldman
84: Zach Carter and Evan Osnos
83: Jim Gerstein & Phil Klay
82: Our Towns, w/ Deb & James Fallows, Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher
81: Manchin, Gaetz and James's famous tuna sandwich recipe
80: From G. Gordon Liddy to Matt Gaetz
79: Ron Brownstein & John Feinstein
78: Dr Sean Carroll
77: Ret. Brigadier General Ty Seidule & Former NOLA Mayor Mitch Landrieu
76: Amanda Carpenter
75: Rep. Colin Allred
74: Jane Fonda
73: Senator Doug Jones
72: Laurie Garrett & Greg Cosell
71: Michael McFaul & David Folkenflik
70: Inauguration Day w/ Leon Panetta & Walter Dellinger
69: Impeachment Day... again w/ Professor Kathleen Belew & Walter Pincus
68: John Couvillon & Sec William Cohen
67: Joe Drape
66: David Sanger, Mary Matalin & Judy Woodruff
65: Ron Brownstein
64: Tim O’Brien & John Barry
63: Senator Chris Dodd & Stephen Fowler
62: Bill Kristol & Evan Osnos
61: Shane Harris & Chris Huttman
60: Ed Luce & Tom Edsall
59: In Limbo: Paul Begala, Jill Abramson, Tara Setmayer & Cass Sunstein
58: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Live Stream 'Election 2020
57: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer & Sen. Bob Casey
56: Sarah Silverman and Michael McDonald
55: Dr. Richard Murray on Taking Texas and Fred Wertheimer on the Influence of Dark Money
54: Andrew Weissman on Trump's criminality and Kathleen Belew on the hidden threat of white supremacy
53: Ben Ginsberg and Mayor Michael Coleman: James Carville and Al Hunt Discuss the Debate and the State of the Election
52: Sen. Cory Booker on the Battle for the Supreme Court and Sean McElwee on the Strength of Progressive Democrats
51: James and Deborah Fallows on Trump's Alternate Reality and the Concerns of Small Town America
50: Sen. Timothy E. Wirth on protecting our Republic, and Joseph Serna on the Toll of California's Wildfires
49: Andrew Bacevich on the Future of Foreign Policy, Michael McDonald on Florida's Fate and Billy Begala on Trump's Texas Titanic
48: Conor Lamb on Biden's Everyman Appeal and Rashawn Ray on the Aftershock of Kenosha
47: Charlie Cook handicaps the Presidential race post-convention
46: Senator Jeff Flake Denounces Trumpism and Jerry Seib on How Reagan Led to Trump
44: Senator Michael Bennet on Russian Collusion, Corruption within the Trump Administration, and the future of our Nation
43: House Majority Whip James Clyburn champions his bill to save the US Post Office and America's right to vote-by-mail
42: Ben Wikler on the Realities of a Virtual Convention and Dan Mathews on America's Relationship with the Elderly
41: Geoff Garin on Truth in Polling and Jim Tankersley on the Slow Demise of America's Middle Class
40: Kelly Burton and Jessica Post on Bottom-of-the-Ballot Battles and Seth A. Richardson on Corruption in Ohio
39: Julian Zelizer and Thomas Patterson on the Modern History of the GOP
38: Lisa Remy on the Safest Path to Schools Reopening and Ben Sheehan on the Contents of the Constitution
37: David Paul Kuhn and Stan Greenberg on Democrats' Alienation of White Working-Class Voters
36: James Lankford on the State of Lincoln's Party and Matt Bai on the Truth about Trumpism
35: Walter Dellinger on the Eroding Justice Department and Keith Mason and Paul Begala on the Odds of Texas and Georgia Going Blue
34: Howard W. French on Race and the Media, and Ron Brownstein on Shifts in the Electorate
33: Timothy L. O'Brien on the Methodology and Madness of Trump
32: David Harris on Essential Police Reforms
31: Charlie Sykes and Tim Miller on the Fight for the Soul of the Republican Party and Ron Chernow on the Truth about Ulysses Grant
30: David Wessel on the Unpredictability of the Current Economy
29: Norman Pearlstine on Journalism During a Global Crisis and Jung H. Pak on the Real Power of North Korea
28: Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue on Marriage Lessons from Quarantine
27: Drew Faust on Dignity and Death in the COVID Era and John Feinstein on the Sports World's Pandemic Response
26: John R. Allen on The Readiness of the U.S. Military During the Pandemic
25: Madeleine Albright on America's Role as a Global Leader
24: Michael Tackett Talks Going Toe-to-Toe with Trump and Joanne Lipman Illuminates A Hidden Healthcare Crisis
23: Journalist David Shribman Juxtaposes Canada's Coronavirus Response With The United States' Efforts
22: Author Deborah Fallows and Journalist James Fallows Examine the Pandemic's Effect on Small Town America
21: Stephanie Cutter Discusses Joe Biden's Next Moves and Dr. Zeke Emanuel Explains the Scope of the Coronavirus
20: John Barry Compares the Coronavirus to the 1918 Spanish Flu
18: James Carville Super Tuesday Wrap Up and Roger Altman on the Economy
18: Antjuan Seawright on South Carolina and Amy Dacey on Possible Brokered Convention
17: Jon Ralston on Nevada and Ruy Teixeira on Ideological Motivations
16: Governor Terry McAuliffe and Jeff Berman
15: Ann Selzer on Iowa and The Fate of the Democratic Party
14: Impeachment Trial in the Senate Analysis from James Carville and Al Hunt
13: Former White House legal counsel Greg Craig compares Trump's impeachment defense to Clinton's and Jim Dunnam breaks down Trump's legal defense team member Ken Starr
12: Jonathan Martin on Democratic Debate and LSU's Epic Football Season
11: Trump Plays the War Card and Michael Gartner on the Iowa Caucuses
10: Michael McDonald and our Democratic Candidate Report Card
9: Judy Woodruff and Mary Matalin
8: Former Secretary of Defense Bill Cohen on Impeachment
7: Jill Abramson on the Media's Coverage of Impeachment
6: Kamala Harris Bows Out and Walter Dellinger Talks Impeachment
5: Roger Altman on the Economy and The Fall of Rudy Giuliani
4: Pollster Ann Selzer on the Pete Buttigieg Surge
3: Elizabeth Warren Rejects the War Room and Ed Luce dissects Brexit
2: Election 2020 presented by The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette & Highmark
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